Hypertext Webster Gateway: "avicularia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Avicularia \A*vic`u*la"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Avicular}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often
having the shape of a bird's bill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bryozoum \Bry`o*zo"um\, n. [NL. See {Bryozoa}.] (Zo["o]l.)
An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there
may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zo[oe]cia
usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a
well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts
are lacking in the other zooids ({Avicularia}, {O[oe]cia},
etc.).
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